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Posted on 08/25/2022 10:47:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
Electric Hummer
A test has found that it costs over $100 to fully charge the battery of an electric pickup truck, far more than it would cost to fill up the gas tank of a large gas-powered truck of similar quality.
In 2010, General Motors stopped manufacturing Hummers, a brand of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that were massively criticized for being massive gas-guzzlers. In late 2020, GMC, a division of General Motors, came out with the new GMC Hummer EV, a line of electric battery-powered pickup trucks and SUVs. (Related: Range test finds gas pickup can tow 2,000-lb trailer 2.8 times farther than new electric pickup.)
When news broke out that General Motors was once again manufacturing Hummers, the vehicle’s popularity made pre-orders of its electric successor sell out within just 10 minutes of the announcement. However, a test conducted by the automobile publication Car and Driver has proven that the new Hummer EV is far more costly to drive than a regular gas-powered car.
“GM is marketing the Hummer in this EV world as the ‘Hummer of the Future,’” wrote Peter Corn for MotorBiscuit. “While it may be more environmentally friendly – depending on where the electricity comes from – it actually doesn’t appear very cost- or time-effective.”
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Keeping electric vehicles charged more costly than keeping gas tanks full
For Car and Driver’s charging test, the publication took a 2022 GMC Hummer EV in for a fast-charging session at an Electrify America Station. They took a Hummer EV with about 10 percent charge remaining to 90 percent charge.
The current rate at the station was $0.43 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Bringing the Hummer EV to 90 percent charge cost the publication $81, including sales tax.
“Extrapolating from that, to go from 0 percent to 100 percent charge at a DC fast-charging station would cost over $100,” wrote Joey Capparella, senior editor of Car and Driver.
Capparella further noted that it took an hour and 49 minutes for the fast-charging station to bring the Hummer EV from 10 to 90 percent charge, with an average 98 kW of power running through the station to the car for that entire time.
The Hummer EV’s total battery capacity is 212.7 kWh. Charging it at the cost of $0.43 per kWh doesn’t quite come to $100. However, this doesn’t take into account the charging losses.
As Capparella noted, adding an 80 percent charge to the Hummer EV would only take 170.16 kWh. But in reality, it took 177.9 kWh to give the truck 80 percent charge, or about five percent more than what made it into the car’s battery.
The writer further noted that charging costs vary from charging provider and sales taxes vary by state. In Michigan, taking into account the sales tax of six percent and a charging loss of five percent, it would cost around $101.8 to fill up the Hummer EV from empty to 100 percent charge.
“But the point remains: Although GM has attempted to recast the Hummer for the electrified era, that doesn’t mean it’s cheap to fuel,” Capparella wrote. “It is, after all, a 9,640-pound, 1,000-horsepower, four-wheel-drive pickup truck that costs six figures, no matter what it’s powered by.”
9640 lbs. Half that is probably battery.
At that weight that sucker would probably get stuck in a mud puddle.
Looks cool though.
And what is the range of a fully-charged GMC Hummer EV towing a 2,000-lb trailer?
Regards,
And, leading the pack in distance while towing at 140 miles, it’ll cost you $0.71 per mile and you certainly won’t be going far nor fast, between charges.
What? I thought electricity was free.....and clean!
Does not matter. All that matters is that you get to virtue-signal to everyone that you’re “green.”
better idea.
charge at night in your own garage
After all gas-powered vehicles are declared illegal, all those school buses, ambulances, cop cars and tow trucks still will need to be charged. HUGE costs lie ahead!
Was there any road use tax in the calculation?
“And what is the range of a fully-charged GMC Hummer EV towing a 2,000-lb trailer?”
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This test is with a 3 ton trailer - it gets 140 miles:
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a40896618/ev-pickups-towing-test-hummer-rivian-lightning/
Call me crazy, but this all sounds like part of the plan to herd the people into cities and make them ride the choo-choo.
Hummer EV battery charge time:
55h at 110V, 10h at 220V, 1h at 440V
Will 3rd-world countries be making gasoline powered cars? Will the US prohibit those imports?
...and when the batteries in the damned thing decide to catch on fire.........?? ..jus’ sayin’ .....
1. No.
2. Yes.........................
They won’t be illegal for government people....................
The electric fanbois never consider the cost to upgrade home charging systems to 220 or 440 to make recharging times reasonable for a commute.
Gasoline Hummer has a near-27 gallon gas tank. Current avg gasoline price is $3.883/gallon, $104.84.
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